Galaxy Tab S6 launched with SD855, dual camera and new S Pen features

Last updated: July 31st, 2019 at 16:00 UTC+01:00

Later teasing a new production launch yesterday, Samsung today unveiled the Galaxy Tab S6. This is Samsung's new flagship tablet for the year and the successor to the Galaxy Tab S4. Since the company already launched a Galaxy Tab S5e this year, it went direct to the Galaxy Tab S6 branding for the flagship.

Much had already been revealed about this device. We had actually leaked the very showtime live images of the Galaxy Tab S6. It's exactly the aforementioned and many of those details have now been officially confirmed.

Milky way Tab S6 specs and features

The Galaxy Tab S6 features a 10.v-inch WQXGA Super AMOLED display and indeed features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor under the hood. This is a welcome add-on since customers will at present get the latest chip for the flagship, something that Samsung should have done with the Galaxy Tab S4 besides. The base model will have 6GB of RAM with 128GB of storage. Those who want to spend a bit extra can go the 8GB RAM + 256GB storage variant. The microSD bill of fare slot supports external expansion upward to 1TB.

This is Samsung's kickoff tablet with a dual camera at the dorsum. There's a primary xiii-megapixel sensor coupled with a 5-megapixel ultra-wide camera with a 123-degree field of view. If this volition always go across remaining a novelty on the tablet remains to be seen. It'due south not like people utilize their tablet as their main mobile camera.

Galaxy Tab S6 S Pen learns new tricks

The Milky way Tab S6 South Pen brings significant improvements. At that place's a groove at the dorsum where the stylus attaches magnetically and charges itself. It can deliver up to ten hours of bombardment life for the S Pen after only ten minutes of charging. The South Pen has integrated Bluetooth remote command features, much like the Milky way Note ix's S Pen, so y'all tin use it as a shutter button for the photographic camera or as a clicker for presentations. There's as well a new gesture feature called Southward Pen Air actions which will let you control the multimedia content on the tablet even when it'south not in your easily.

The South Pen as well makes taking notes a breeze. Handwritten Samsung Notes can easily be converted into digital text and exported to formats such as Microsoft Word with just one tap. Quick notes or sketches tin can too be jotted downwards when watching a video, for example, past using Samsung Notes' window transparency.

An improved version of Samsung DeX is shipping with the Galaxy Tab S6. Samsung has also added a DeX function key to the Book Cover Keyboard for this tablet and then that DeX can be launched and closed with a single tap of the key. The keyboard itself has been improved for better functionality and has a touchpad.

The 244.five 10 159.v × 5.7mm metal slate weighs 420g and comes with a 7,040mAh bombardment with 15W fast charging. There are AKG-tuned quad speakers with Dolby Atmos support as well. The Galaxy Tab S6 doesn't come with a 3.5mm headphone jack; the Galaxy Tab S5e didn't either, and then this doesn't really come up as a surprise. What information technology does have, though, is an optical in-display fingerprint sensor.

The Galaxy Tab S6 will be available in Deject Bluish, Mountain Gray and Rose Blush colors starting late August.